US to Send Patriot Missiles to Ukraine, CNN Says… December 13, 2022 Nicola Military, Ukraine War </p> <h2> Patriot Air Defense Missile System to Ukraine</h2> <p> CNN is claiming Washington may finalize plans to send the Patriot air defense missile system to Ukraine. However, what CNN doesn’t say is just as important:</p> <p>– The US says it will send the missiles in days after the decision is made;<br /> – It takes MONTHS to train crews to operate the Patriot missile system;<br /> – NATO personnel will likely operate the missile system posing as Ukrainians;<br /> – The Patriot missile system is suffering a global missile shortage;<br /> – Lockheed will double missile production but it will take years to do so;<br /> – Both current and future production numbers CANNOT match the number of cruise missiles alone Russia is producing per month;<br /> – Russia is also using Iskander missiles, Geran-2 drones, as well as a number of inert decoys which will place even more pressure on Ukrainian air defenses;<br /> – The performance of Patriot missile systems in Saudi Arabia has been poor;<br /> – Patriot missiles will face more sophisticated and more numerous threats in Ukraine than in Saudi Arabia;<br /> <br /> Credit to : The New Atlas</p> <p> Please support our Sponsors here :
